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  3. IMAGO International History, 250 years USA, westward expansion 1803-1890

IMAGO International History, 250 years USA, westward expansion 1803-1890

May 14, 2026

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  • COLUMBIA RIVER. American pioneers traveling on the Oregon trail, rafting on the Columbia River. Drawing. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0175533

    COLUMBIA RIVER. American pioneers traveling on the Oregon trail, rafting on the Columbia River. Drawing. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0175533

  • CALIFORNIA: DONNER LAKE. Camp at Donner Lake in northern California as it appeard in November 1848. Lithograph, American, c1880. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0175529

    CALIFORNIA: DONNER LAKE. Camp at Donner Lake in northern California as it appeard in November 1848. Lithograph, American, c1880. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0175529

  • COLORADO: EMIGRANTS. A group of emigrants posing at their wagons near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, late 19th century. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0131121

    COLORADO: EMIGRANTS. A group of emigrants posing at their wagons near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, late 19th century. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0131121

  • NEBRASKA: SETTLERS, c1886. Family of homesteaders standing in front of their sod house at Loup County, Nebraska. Photograph by Solomon D. Butcher, c1886. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0130681

    NEBRASKA: SETTLERS, c1886. Family of homesteaders standing in front of their sod house at Loup County, Nebraska. Photograph by Solomon D. Butcher, c1886. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0130681

  • NEBRASKA: SETTLERS, c1886. Family of homesteaders, photographed outside of their sod house with a boy holding a bull by a rope, Custer County, Nebraska. Photograph by Solomon D. Butcher, c1886. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0130680

    NEBRASKA: SETTLERS, c1886. Family of homesteaders, photographed outside of their sod house with a boy holding a bull by a rope, Custer County, Nebraska. Photograph by Solomon D. Butcher, c1886. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0130680

  • NEBRASKA: SETTLERS, c1886. Family of homesteaders, photographed outside of their sod house on Victoria Creek near Merna, Custer County, Nebraska. Photograph by Solomon D. Butcher, c1886. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0130679

    NEBRASKA: SETTLERS, c1886. Family of homesteaders, photographed outside of their sod house on Victoria Creek near Merna, Custer County, Nebraska. Photograph by Solomon D. Butcher, c1886. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0130679

  • NEBRASKA: SETTLERS, c1885. Family of homesteaders, photographed outside of their sod house with a windmill on the roof of the adjoining building in Custer County, Nebraska. Photograph by Solomon D. Butcher, c1885. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0130678

    NEBRASKA: SETTLERS, c1885. Family of homesteaders, photographed outside of their sod house with a windmill on the roof of the adjoining building in Custer County, Nebraska. Photograph by Solomon D. Butcher, c1885. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0130678

  • NEBRASKA: SETTLERS, c1889. Family of homesteaders, photographed outside of their sod house at Old Coburgh Post Office, Custer County, Nebraska. Photograph by Solomon D. Butcher, c1889. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0130677

    NEBRASKA: SETTLERS, c1889. Family of homesteaders, photographed outside of their sod house at Old Coburgh Post Office, Custer County, Nebraska. Photograph by Solomon D. Butcher, c1889. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0130677

  • TEXAS: COWBOYS, c1907. Five cowboys gathered together as one of them draws a map on the ground beside their horses, Texas. Photograph by Erwin Evans Smith, c1907. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0124964

    TEXAS: COWBOYS, c1907. Five cowboys gathered together as one of them draws a map on the ground beside their horses, Texas. Photograph by Erwin Evans Smith, c1907. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0124964

  • TEXAS: COWBOY, c1908. A cowboy on horseback standing a knoll while looking down at a herd of cattle at the LS Ranch in Texas. Photograph by Erwin Evans Smith, c1908. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0124963

    TEXAS: COWBOY, c1908. A cowboy on horseback standing a knoll while looking down at a herd of cattle at the LS Ranch in Texas. Photograph by Erwin Evans Smith, c1908. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0124963

  • TEXAS: COWBOY, c1910. A horse wrangler seated next to his horse on a hill and looking down at other horses grazing in a field in Texas. Photograph by Erwin Evans Smith, c1910. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0124956

    TEXAS: COWBOY, c1910. A horse wrangler seated next to his horse on a hill and looking down at other horses grazing in a field in Texas. Photograph by Erwin Evans Smith, c1910. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0124956

  • TEXAS: COWBOYS, c1907. Two cowboys breaking a horse in a corral on the LS Ranch in Texas. Photograph by Erwin Evans Smith, c1907. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0124926

    TEXAS: COWBOYS, c1907. Two cowboys breaking a horse in a corral on the LS Ranch in Texas. Photograph by Erwin Evans Smith, c1907. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0124926

  • TEXAS: COWBOY, c1907. A cowboy herding several stray horses enroute to the LS Ranch in Texas. Photograph by Erwin Evans Smith, c1907. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0124921

    TEXAS: COWBOY, c1907. A cowboy herding several stray horses enroute to the LS Ranch in Texas. Photograph by Erwin Evans Smith, c1907. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0124921

  • TEXAS: COWBOYS, c1901. A group of cowboys on horseback on a cattle ranch in Texas. Photograph by William Jackson Henry, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0124605

    TEXAS: COWBOYS, c1901. A group of cowboys on horseback on a cattle ranch in Texas. Photograph by William Jackson Henry, c1901. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0124605

  • SOLDIERS AND SCOUTS. Soldiers with Apache scouts in the American southwest. Photograph, late 19th century. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0120733

    SOLDIERS AND SCOUTS. Soldiers with Apache scouts in the American southwest. Photograph, late 19th century. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0120733

  • NEBRASKA: SETTLERS, c1886. A man and woman with their sheep standing in front of their sod house at Dale Valley, Custer County, Nebraska. Photograph by Solomon Devore Butcher, c1886. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0109904

    NEBRASKA: SETTLERS, c1886. A man and woman with their sheep standing in front of their sod house at Dale Valley, Custer County, Nebraska. Photograph by Solomon Devore Butcher, c1886. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0109904

  • NEBRASKA: SETTLERS, c1886. A pioneer family photographed outside of their sod house at Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska. Photograph by Solomon D. Butcher, c1886. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0109902

    NEBRASKA: SETTLERS, c1886. A pioneer family photographed outside of their sod house at Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska. Photograph by Solomon D. Butcher, c1886. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0109902

  • WYOMING: COWBOYS, c1883. Group of cowboys in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Photograph by Charles D. Kirkland, c1883. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0107492

    WYOMING: COWBOYS, c1883. Group of cowboys in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Photograph by Charles D. Kirkland, c1883. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0107492

  • WEST: SETTLEMENT, c1838. A settlement on the western frontier. Steel engraving after William Henry Bartlett, c1838. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0101969

    WEST: SETTLEMENT, c1838. A settlement on the western frontier. Steel engraving after William Henry Bartlett, c1838. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0101969

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The Nebraska and Kansas Territory: Settlers entering Nebraska, Pappea Creek, 1856. Creator: Unknown. Copyright:xtransport,transportation,Europe,countryside,agriculture,people,farming,family,West,country,continent,British,European,color,Nebraska,territorial,rustic,location,century,waving,gesturing,Britain,newspapers,press,invasion,wagon,TERRITORY,concept,B&W,handxgesture,pioneer,europeans,coveredxwagon,engraved,engraving,Invader,UnitedxStatesxofxAmerica,Colour,settler,19thxcentury,blackx&xwhite,blackxandxwhite,B W,pioneers,whitexandxblack,frontiersman,nineteenthxcentury,rural,American,America,USA,western,ThexPrintxCollector,IllustratedxLondonxNews,ruralxlife,TGN,waggon,ILN,newspaper,settlers,invaders,unitedxstates,Unknown,Regionalism,disput Copyright:transport,transportation,Europe,countryside,agriculture,people,farming,family,West,country,continent,British,European,color,Nebraska,territorial,rustic,location,century,waving,gesturing,Brit

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED The Nebraska and Kansas Territory: Settlers entering Nebraska, Pappea Creek, 1856. Creator: Unknown. Copyright:xtransport,transportation,Europe,countryside,agriculture,people,farming,family,West,country,continent,British,European,color,Nebraska,territorial,rustic,location,century,waving,gesturing,Britain,newspapers,press,invasion,wagon,TERRITORY,concept,B&W,handxgesture,pioneer,europeans,coveredxwagon,engraved,engraving,Invader,UnitedxStatesxofxAmerica,Colour,settler,19thxcentury,blackx&xwhite,blackxandxwhite,B W,pioneers,whitexandxblack,frontiersman,nineteenthxcentury,rural,American,America,USA,western,ThexPrintxCollector,IllustratedxLondonxNews,ruralxlife,TGN,waggon,ILN,newspaper,settlers,invaders,unitedxstates,Unknown,Regionalism,disput Copyright:transport,transportation,Europe,countryside,agriculture,people,farming,family,West,country,continent,British,European,color,Nebraska,territorial,rustic,location,century,waving,gesturing,Brit

  • Men loading covered wagons. Illustration originally published in Hesse-Wartegg s Nord Amerika , swedish edition published in 1880. The image is currently in public domain by the virtue of age. Copyright: xJanxSandvikx xDesignxPicsx , 31055097 Copyright: JanxSandvikx xDesignxPics 31055097

    Men loading covered wagons. Illustration originally published in Hesse-Wartegg s Nord Amerika , swedish edition published in 1880. The image is currently in public domain by the virtue of age. Copyright: xJanxSandvikx xDesignxPicsx , 31055097 Copyright: JanxSandvikx xDesignxPics 31055097

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Attack on General Marcy s Train, 1867. Creator: Hermann Stieffel. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2816537 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Attack on General Marcy s Train, 1867. Creator: Hermann Stieffel. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2816537 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study, U.S. Capitol), 1861. Creator: Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2816092 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study, U.S. Capitol), 1861. Creator: Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2816092 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Emigrants Crossing the Plains , c1869, (1874). Creator: Henry Bryan Hall Jr.. Copyright:xvoyage,transport,transport,animal,femelle,femmes,lesxgens,mâle,homme,hommes,animaux,chevaux,équitation,cavalier,cavaliers,arts,pays,chien,chiens,livre,type,boeuf,chariot,immigration,ouestxsauvage,plaine,endroit,siècle,Colonial,invasion,caravane,littérature,chariot,concept,émigration,pionnier,chariotxcouvert,immigré,boeufs,immigrés,Envahisseur,transportsxroutiers,colon,trainxdexchariot,19èmexsiècle,B W,pionniers,émigrant,émigrants,dix-neuvièmexsiècle,plaines,chariots,Américain,LESxEtats-Unis,ThexPrintxCollector,FelixxOctaviusxCarrxDarley,engraving,landscape,settlers,invaders,steel,Thomas,Moran,expansionism,Appleton,d,Bryant,D.,waggons,Darley,xFelixxOct Copyright:voyage,transport,transport,animal,femelle,femmes,lesxgens,mâle,homme,hommes,animaux,chevaux,équitation,cavalier,cavaliers,arts,pays,chien,chiens,livre,type,boeuf,chariot,immigration,ouestxsa

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Emigrants Crossing the Plains , c1869, (1874). Creator: Henry Bryan Hall Jr.. Copyright:xvoyage,transport,transport,animal,femelle,femmes,lesxgens,mâle,homme,hommes,animaux,chevaux,équitation,cavalier,cavaliers,arts,pays,chien,chiens,livre,type,boeuf,chariot,immigration,ouestxsauvage,plaine,endroit,siècle,Colonial,invasion,caravane,littérature,chariot,concept,émigration,pionnier,chariotxcouvert,immigré,boeufs,immigrés,Envahisseur,transportsxroutiers,colon,trainxdexchariot,19èmexsiècle,B W,pionniers,émigrant,émigrants,dix-neuvièmexsiècle,plaines,chariots,Américain,LESxEtats-Unis,ThexPrintxCollector,FelixxOctaviusxCarrxDarley,engraving,landscape,settlers,invaders,steel,Thomas,Moran,expansionism,Appleton,d,Bryant,D.,waggons,Darley,xFelixxOct Copyright:voyage,transport,transport,animal,femelle,femmes,lesxgens,mâle,homme,hommes,animaux,chevaux,équitation,cavalier,cavaliers,arts,pays,chien,chiens,livre,type,boeuf,chariot,immigration,ouestxsa

  • Famous photograph of the start of the Cherokee Outlet Land Rush was taken from a high platform, Sept. 16, 1893 at 12:00 noon. William S. Prettyman, was a professional, whose subjects included Osage Indians, cowboys and Oklahoma landscapes (BSLOC_2018_1_12 For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL046 EC681

    Famous photograph of the start of the Cherokee Outlet Land Rush was taken from a high platform, Sept. 16, 1893 at 12:00 noon. William S. Prettyman, was a professional, whose subjects included Osage Indians, cowboys and Oklahoma landscapes (BSLOC_2018_1_12 For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL046 EC681

  • Crowd of men, most looking toward the photographer, in Guthrie, Oklahoma, four weeks after the 1889 Land Rush. It includes Native Americans is distinctive clothing. In the background are railroad cars, buildings, and construction sites (BSLOC_2018_1_117) For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL046 EC674

    Crowd of men, most looking toward the photographer, in Guthrie, Oklahoma, four weeks after the 1889 Land Rush. It includes Native Americans is distinctive clothing. In the background are railroad cars, buildings, and construction sites (BSLOC_2018_1_117) For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL046 EC674

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